Wu Chenggang, Zhang Juan, Yuan Zhen
School of Education, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 200083, China.
Faculty of Education, University of Macau, E33, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau 999078, China.
Brain Sci. 2021 Apr 27;11(5):553. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11050553.
In order to explore the affective priming effect of emotion-label words and emotion-laden words, the current study used unmasked (Experiment 1) and masked (Experiment 2) priming paradigm by including emotion-label words (e.g., sadness, anger) and emotion-laden words (e.g., death, gift) as primes and examined how the two kinds of words acted upon the processing of the target words (all emotion-laden words). Participants were instructed to decide the valence of target words, and their electroencephalogram was recorded at the same time. The behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) results showed that positive words produced a priming effect whereas negative words inhibited target word processing (Experiment 1). In Experiment 2, the inhibition effect of negative emotion-label words on emotion word recognition was found in both behavioral and ERP results, suggesting that modulation of emotion word type on emotion word processing could be observed even in the masked priming paradigm. The two experiments further supported the necessity of defining emotion words under an emotion word type perspective. The implications of the findings are proffered. Specifically, a clear understanding of emotion-label words and emotion-laden words can improve the effectiveness of emotional communications in clinical settings. Theoretically, the emotion word type perspective awaits further explorations and is still at its infancy.
为了探究情绪标签词和情绪负载词的情感启动效应，本研究采用了无掩蔽（实验1）和掩蔽（实验2）启动范式，将情绪标签词（如悲伤、愤怒）和情绪负载词（如死亡、礼物）作为启动刺激，并考察这两类词如何影响目标词（均为情绪负载词）的加工。要求参与者判断目标词的效价，同时记录他们的脑电图。行为和事件相关电位（ERP）结果表明，积极词产生了启动效应，而消极词抑制了目标词的加工（实验1）。在实验2中，行为和ERP结果均发现消极情绪标签词对情绪词识别有抑制作用，这表明即使在掩蔽启动范式中也能观察到情绪词类型对情绪词加工的调节作用。这两个实验进一步支持了从情绪词类型角度定义情绪词的必要性。本研究结果的意义也已提出。具体而言，清晰理解情绪标签词和情绪负载词可以提高临床环境中情感沟通的有效性。从理论上讲，情绪词类型视角仍有待进一步探索，目前尚处于起步阶段。
